Paint the Sky with Stars

Paint the Sky with Stars
Greatest hits album by Enya
Released 11 November 1997
Genre New Age, Celtic
Length 57:50
Label WEA, Warner Music UK (Europe)
Reprise, Warner Bros. (US)
Producer Nicky Ryan
Enya chronology
Paint the Sky with Stars
(1997)		 A Box of Dreams
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya is a 1997 compilation album by Irish musician Enya featuring a selection of her best known material plus two previously unreleased tracks: "Paint the Sky with Stars" and "Only If...".

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by Enya with lyrics by Roma Ryan, except for "Marble Halls"

  1. "Orinoco Flow" – 4:26
  2. "Caribbean Blue" – 3:58
  3. "Book of Days" – 2:56
  4. "Anywhere Is" – 3:46
  5. "Only If..." – 3:19
  6. "The Celts" – 2:57
  7. "China Roses" – 4:40
  8. "Shepherd Moons" – 3:40
  9. "Ebudæ" – 1:52
  10. "Storms in Africa" – 4:11
  11. "Watermark" – 2:26
  12. "Paint the Sky with Stars" – 4:15
  13. "Marble Halls" – 3:55
  14. "On My Way Home" – 3:38
  15. "The Memory of Trees" – 4:19
  16. "Boadicea" – 3:28

Singles

"Only If..." was also released as a single the same year with the previously unreleased "Willows on the Water" along with the Oíche Chiúin ("Silent Night") as accompanying tracks.

"Boadicea" was sampled by The Fugees on their UK #1 hit "Ready or Not"; it was also sampled by Mario Winans on his UK #1 and US #2 hit "I Don't Wanna Know".

Charts and certifications

Charts

Country Position
Australia[2] 10
Austria[2] 3
Belgium (Flanders)[2] 9
Belgium (Wallonia)[2] 13
Finland[2] 12
Hungary[3] 12
Italy 1
Japan 4
Netherlands[2] 10
New Zealand[2] 6
Norway[2] 2
Spain[2] 48
Sweden[2] 1
Switzerland[2] 7
Taiwan 1
United Kingdom 4
United States 30

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[4] 4× Platinum 240,000x
Australia (ARIA)[5] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[6] Platinum 50,000x
Belgium (BEA)[7] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Brazil (ABPD)[8] 2× Platinum 500,000*
Finland (IFPI Finland)[9] Gold 23,900[9]
Germany (BVMI)[10] Platinum 500,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[11] Platinum 20,000*
Japan (Oricon/RIAJ) 1,078,000[12]
Netherlands (NVPI)[13] Gold 50,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[14] Platinum 50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[15] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[16] 2× Platinum 160,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[17] Platinum 50,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[18] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[19] 4× Platinum 4,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[20] 3× Platinum 3,000,000*
Worldwide 12,000,000[21]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Production

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars - The Best Of - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Enya&titel=Paint+The+Sky+With+Stars+%2D+The+Best+Of&cat=a. Retrieved 28 February 2011. 
  3. ^ "Hungarian Albums Chart". Mahasz.hu. http://mahasz.hu/m/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=1998&het=8&submit_=Keresés. Retrieved 2009-12-03. 
  4. ^ "Argentinian album certifications – Enya – Paint the Sky". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Enya&album=Paint+the+Sky&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP. 
  5. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2000.htm. 
  6. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Enya – Paint the Sky with Stars" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Enya in the field Interpret. Enter Paint the Sky with Stars in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  7. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina - 2007". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/certifications.asp?year=2007. 
  8. ^ "Brazilian album certifications – Enya – Paint the Sky with Stars" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. http://abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=Enya&tmidia=1. 
  9. ^ a b "Finnish album certifications – Enya – Paint the Sky with Stars" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/Enya. 
  10. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enya; 'Paint the Sky with Stars')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Paint+the+Sky+with+Stars&strInterpret=Enya&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. 
  11. ^ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1997". IFPI Hong Kong. http://www.ifpihk.org/www_1/go3e.php. 
  12. ^ "ペイント・ザ・スカイ～ザ・ベスト・オブ・エンヤ - エンヤ / オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 ["Paint the Sky with Stars" - Enya / Oricon Ranking Information Service "You Big Tree"]". Oricon. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved February 24, 2011.  (subscription required) Sales are across three editions, Regular, Limited and Gold edition. Note that while the album sold over Million copies, it never received the "Million" certification from RIAJ.
  13. ^ "Dutch album certifications – Enya – Paint the Sky with Stars" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. http://www.ifpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=61112&documentid=1235224. 
  14. ^ "Norwegian album certifications – Enya – Paint the Sky with Stars" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist. 
  15. ^ "Spanish album certifications – Enya – Paint the Sky with Stars" (in Spanish) (PDF). Productores de Música de España. http://promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2005_47.pdf. 
  16. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf. 
  17. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Enya; 'Paint the Sky with Stars')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Enya+Paint+the+Sky+with+Stars. 
  18. ^ "British album certifications – Enya – Paint the Sky with Stars". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Paint the Sky with Stars in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  19. ^ "American album certifications – Enya – Paint the Sky with Stars". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Paint+the+Sky+with+Stars%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  20. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2002". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2002.html. 
  21. ^ "Enya _ THE VERY BEST OF ENYA - Rockol" (in Italian). rockol.it. http://www.rockol.it/vetrina-6212/Enya-THE-VERY-BEST-OF-ENYA. Retrieved 25 February 2011. 
Enya
Studio albums
Enya (1987) • Watermark (1988) • Shepherd Moons (1991) • The Celts (1992) • The Memory of Trees (1995) • A Day Without Rain (2000) • Amarantine (2005) • And Winter Came... (2008)
Compilations
Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya (1997) • The Very Best of Enya (2009)
EPs
The Christmas EP (1994) • Sounds of the Season: The Enya Holiday Collection (aka Christmas Secrets) (2006)
Box sets
The Enya Collection (1996) • A Box of Dreams (1997) • Only Time - The Collection (2002)
Singles
As member of Clannad
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